St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 16, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 November 1891 — Page 2

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT. WALKERTON, ... INDIANA. DREAD RESURRECTION. A PENNSYLVANIA CEMETERY BLOWN UP BY GAS. A Colorado Ruffian's Method of Murder— Two Killed in a Tennessee Collision— Poison Wheat at Indianapolis—Hit False Teeth Killed Him. Harrowing; Tale of Privation. A harrowing story comes from the province of Samara, Russia. The peasants are so reduced by starvation and and want that many of them are unable to go even to the Government distributing points for supplying food. In one village no less than forty-two have perished, and the number of dead in the whole province will amount to not less CSan a thousand. The survivors in most instances are too weak to attend the burial of the departed, and officials are compelled, much against their will, to inter the remains. Samara is also visited by typhus fever, which is playing havoc with those who have managed to survive the famine. Released More Convicts. Information has been received that an armed mob of miners attacked the stockade at Oliver Springs, Tenn,, burned it and released the convicts. A later special from Coal Creek says that about midnight 200 mounted men rode into Oliver Springs, liberated 200 convicts and burned the stockade. They made no noise, and people did not know of the affair till daylight. The convicts scattered and are still at large. Rumor says that the miners will next march on Tracy City. Driven Out of Russia. Thirty-eight Russian German Chris tians, whose forefathers settled on the banks of the Volga nearly a hundred years ago, landed at the barge office in New York, from the steamship La Touraine. They are the vanguard of an army of 1,600 of their country people. They say they^iave been compelled by the persecution of the Russian church to sell their homes and emigrate. They intend to establish a settlement at Celina, Ohio. Nearly all of them arc farmers. Proposed Monument to a Negro Officer. The New Orleans Light Guards and the several colored posts of the G. A. R., hive started a fund for the erection of a monument to Captain Andre Cailloux, the first negro officer killed in the Union army during the late war. He lost his life at the siege of Port Hudson. The proposition has mot with great favor among the colored p *op’e, and an appeal will be made in every church in the State to contribute toward the monument fund. RobbecT and Murdered. The body of Edwin A. Havens, a vetterinary surgeon, was found lying on the ground in front of his barn in Weedsport, N. Y. The skull was crushed in and in all probability he had been robbed and murdered. For several days past he had been displaying considerable money, and he is known to have had about SSO with him. His pocketbook ' and all the money were mis ing from the i body, but his gold watch was found in a j small pocket in his overalls. Forced Her to Drink Poison. At Boulder, Col., George Weiderholdt took Dora Anderson, a pretty Swede i girl, for a walk, and, it is alleged, forced j her to take poison against her will. She i fought strenuously, but he held her and i forced her to drink a large vial of laud- j anum. Physicians were called, and they worked over her for nine hours, when the unfortunate girl died. Weiderholdt 1 was arrested and lodged in jail. Corpses Hurled Into the Air. The Allegheny Cemetery Company a few months ago started to bore a gas well on its new cemetery property in ; Corapolis, Pa. The other day there was I a terrific explosion at this well, which caused a great upheaval of the earth in the vicinity. Hundreds of bodies in the cemetery were hurled from their resting places, and many costly monuments were shattered. Seven Poisoned by Mutton. Seven members of the family of James Douglas, of Indianapolis, breakfasted on cold roast mutton. Three hours later a'l were taken vio’ently ill, four being delirious and every one showing acute symptoms of violent poisoning. The father and one son will die, and the fate of the others hangs in tho balance. Choked to Death by His False Teeth. While Thomas Flynn was eating sup- ; per at his boarding house, at Mil- । waukee, his false teeth became detached ! and slipped down his throat. He i strangled and a section followed into ' his throat, choking him to death before assistance could be rendered. Immense Yield of Oil. The McDonald oil field, near Pitts- I burg, touched the world's record by j producing 77,000 barrels of oil in twentyfour hours. The prize has heretofore been held by the Bradford field, which is nearly ten times as large as the McDonald, and made the record nine years age. Fatal Railway Wreck. Two freights on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Road ran into each other thirteen miles east of Knoxville and were badly wre ked. Tho two engines were demolished and a number of cars burned. Brakeman Falley and a tramp were killed. Searching for Suspected Conspirators. The Queen Regent has directed the authorities throughout Spain to make diligent search for all persons suspected of treasonable designs. The Spanish Government is said to have received information to the effect that a plot is in progress for the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic, and this plot is shared in by men of prominent standing. While no arrests have been made, the Goven nent is keeping a vigilant watch for any signs of open disaffection.

EASTERN OCCURRENCES. Michael O. Simonson and Theodore Weiss, known as Simonson & Weiss, cloak manufacturers, at New York, failed, with liabilities estimated at SIBO,000. The firm began business in 1870, and their annual sales reached $600,000. On the country road between Norwich, Conn., and Uncasvilie there dwell three women, each of whom is over 80 years old, and each of whom was once struck by lightning. All tho women dwell within a few miles of each oth r, and whenever they meet recall their experience with lightning. At New York, there was a long meeting of tiie representatives of the big coal-producing companies, but the only action was to allow an output of 4,000,0 0 bushels. This is practically unrestricted production and is believed to be the maximum that tho companies can produce. Prices are left unchangt d. At Manchester, N. H., John Badger' Clarko died of rheumatism of the heart, [ aged 71 years. In 1852 he purchased I the Daily Mirror, continuing as its proprietor until his death. He had owned the horse Capt McGowan, whose record of twenty miles in 58:25 still leads the world. No man in New Hampshire bad owend so many valuable horses. Newbibo, N. Y., is experiencing a sensation in banking circles. Arthur Wilson, for many years cashier of the Highland National Bank, has resigned his position and an investigation will bo made. Henry Garner, an ex-Alderman, discovered that deposits made by him were not entered in full On tho books, and that the deposit slips were altered At Belfast, Me., Lewis Brewster, 71 years old, who has been on trial for kill- j Ing Charles A. Brown, was convicted of ' manslaughter. Exceptions were filed ' and bail was fixed at $6,000. Brown I was a tramp who was taken in out of . charity by Brewster. He became too in- I timate with Mrs. Brewster, and in a quar- i rel was shot by Brewst r, who claims he ■ acted in self defense. The Now York Hera’d publishes a i shocking story of cruelties said to have been imposed on patients of the 1 resbyterian Hospital, one of the most prominent places of the kind in tho city. Lawyer Reimonsnydcr, of Lancaster, Pa , who was recently discharged from the hospital, alleges that lie has seen the 1 sick and dying beaten, bound and cursed during^iis stay at tho place. The punishment was usually inliicted by the nurses for restlessness on the part of tho patients. At Albany, N. Y., Grand Master F. j P. Sargent, in addressing a public meeting of the locomotive fir men, said: “No one is taken into the firemen’s organization but men who have had nine months’ actual expor- । ience on a locomotive. Another quail ti- j cation for membership is sobriety. No other man has any right on an engine in the capacity of fireman. When intelligent and conservative leadership is : maintained there is never need for I worry as to the results of organized j labor.” Several months ago George Turner, | an aged, wealthy and eccentric widower \ and people iaughr I nt him and told him i he would never find a suitable helpmate, j Mr. Turner surprised his friends recently i by the announcement that he had found ; a wife, and she would be in Bristol on a certain day to marry him. When sho ; came two weeks ago Turner took her to j his newly furnished house, called in the : the parson and the knot was tied. Last I । week he was taken sick and died. His i estate is valued at. $50,000, all of which ho left to the widow. New York is going to perpetrat* another joke on itself in the monument i : lino. The victim of the ghoulish diver- * ) sion this time is to be the late Samuel .1. । Tiiden, and the reason he is to be im i mortalized is not because of his unques-1 i tioned attaimnen s as a statesman and a | scholar, but because one of his heirs is j going to give New York a 82,000,0(10 I I library A movement is about to be i I started inviting subscriptions, just as I was done in tho other failures. A morning newspaper, famous for its moim-' ment “fakes,” sounds the first blast, and a few dollars are expected to drib ble in during the next week and keep up until New York gets its library. Then : the monument project will, of course, be dropped. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. Smith & Himberger’s lumber-yard, Norwalk, Ohio, and the high bridge connecting the north and south sides of tho city, were destroyed by fire; loss 820,000, j partially insured. At Marine City, Mich, Lottie Ellen' i Page, aged 15 years, tho adopted child i of Timothy and Mary Halpin, was kidnaped and her foster parents arp unable to learn her whereabouts. Burglars entered the general stores j । of James Johnson and John Burdebt, at Xenia, Ind., and carried off several hundred dollars’ worth of goods They also blew open the Postoffice safe, but obtained nothing there. An explosion occurred at the Chester । & Kellar Company's works, St. Louis: : I two men will probably die. Edward : Wellen, the engineer, and Henry Kosher. ! the fireman, entered the dustroom with a torch and directly afterward tho dust I ignited and instantly there was a terrific I explosion, followed by flames. Charles Beardsley, a Minneapolis I motor man, met a frightful death under i j the wheels of his own car. The car j ‘’bucked” and ran backward a few feet, j i then started forward Beardsley was ' I thrown over the front o’ the car, which । ran over him. He was dead when pick!ed up. He leaves a family. The St. Louis Grand Jury lias rej turned indictments against John Fitz- । gerald and Michael Walsh, guards on | duty at the time of the re ent jail delivery. Fitzgerald is charged with i having furnished the key used by the i prisoners in making their escape, and i for which he reeeited 8250. ! The merchant tailoring establish nent j | of Thomas Loveday, Warsaw, Ind., was i j robbed, and an overcoat, which was | being made for President Harrison,along 1 : with a suit of clothes, was taken. A > I stude; t occupying a room adjoining that i ' of the tailor shop heard the intruder t and attempted to capture him. In th ■ . struggle the student wat stibbed in [ several places, one cut almost severing . his left car. The thief escaped. At Brainerd, Minn , recent investigation of the books of ex-City Clerk Mur- ’ phy disclosed a shortage of more than 5 81,400. It is announced that City Treas- ' urer A. J. Desmueis is short at least

$5,000. He himself places the amnnni at 84,000. The londs of both offiS are ample to protect the city from l 0 “= No explanation as to the cause is givn as tho investigations arc rot yet fn pleted. oni * Carmencita, who has been right'v termed empress of the dance, is now at McVicker’s Chicago Theater, and is as sisted by the original Spanish student and Koster & Bial’s vaudovillecompan? 1 his is her first tour as a star Drr J’ her tour, which is but eight weeks off her success has been something astound ing ihe wild gypsy spirit that ner vades her movements, wMIe at the JI time delicate and free from extravagant abandon, has commanded applause from the coldest of her audiences. m j A serious railroad accident occurred at Taopi, Minn The Kansas City and the Milwaukee Roads cross at this point ' The Kansas City passenger train from Chicago started up, and just as it was at the crossing a Milwaukee freight train collided with the Kansas City engine. Engineer ( hambers, of the Milwaukee, who resides at Austin, was killed. A tramp who was stealing a ride was also ki led. Fireman Lynch of the Kansas City engine and Fireman Thorson of the Milwaukee engine were injured, the torn or fatally. Ar Indianapolis, tho Arcade mills caught tiro. Thore was only of SB,OOO on tho buildimr, but on sI^K ■ the damage reaches fully $40,000 Lire broke out in IL H. Lincoln A Co s lum- , her yard, at Holt, Mo , and rapidly spread to Main street. Fully $25,0 0 i worth of property was destroyed in a few minutes Tho business portion of Newbury, Ind., together with ten dwell- j Ings, was burned. The fire was tho work of au Incendiary. Estimated loss, 850,000: insurance not known The turn-buckle factory of Brazil, Ind., was de troyed by fire. Loss, $40,000; insurance, $10,400. At Conneaut, Ohio, a terrible cyclone destroyed about thirty houses and caused a loss of about 8100 J 00. Tho storm was accompanied by very little rain. Record's butter-tub factory, worth about $50,000, I was completely wrecked The Lake Shore depot, was also demolished and the i wreckage strewn upon tho tracks for i half a mile, rendering them impassable for several hours The storm was very severe all through Northern Ohio, and much damage to shipping is reported. In Cleveland the velocity of the wind was from thirty to forty nv' -s an hour all night, and Lake Erie was literal.y ‘•turned inside out.” Several vessels are reported to have been wrecked Fire broke out in North Baltimore, an important oil town thirty-two miles south of Toledo, Ohio. The fire department was insufficient to cope with the | flames, and everything on the main street of the town north of the Laltlmore and I Ohio tracks was burned out. The larg- ! est buildings burned were Clark’s drug and furniture store, tho Sarecki Oil I Well supply store, Hotel Burke, Pef- l fer sstoro, Lamfroni'sclothing store. De- ' inuth A Barnhill's sal. on, tho Postoffice. ' Arnold’s ham. ss shop. City Bakery, I Carmack's drug store, People's Banking Company. Reinhart's grocery, Gibson's j hardware store, Katzcnmeycr's grocery i and seven other business placers. Tho ! loss i< estimated nt $203,000. No lives I were lugi, I Tur. steamer Oliver Beirne, frow; , Louis, was burned at Milliken's twenty-five miles above VlcksburgTj Miss. Twelve lives are known to have been lost and more are thought to have j perished. Tho boat was on her way to I New Orleans She had 110 passengers on board. The steamer Oliver Bierne was a new and handsome passenger boat and was built at Jeffersonville, Ind , | four years ago. Sho has been used in tho excursion traffic on tho Mississippi River for the last two summers and during the winter season has plied between local points at the lower end of the river. The boat was valued at $50,000 | and was owned by the Planters and Merchants’ Packet Company of New ( rleans. She was fully insured. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. At Dallas, Tex , the Directors of tho Texas World's Fair Association are in session Among other important matters to le acted upon is the adoption of a design L r the Texas building, upon which several of the leading architects of the State are now engaged. Over one hundred convicts were released at Bricevilic, and an immense stockade was burned; 3,00 > miners sur- 1 rounded thes ockakeand the guards gave ut> the convicts, who were given citizens’ clothes and the stockade burned. The miners were armed with Winchesters No one w s killed. A negro named Snowden was arrested in West Monroe, La . charged with burning the residence of ’Squ re Emery, I in Lincoln Parish, wh le the family was i asleep. The inmates had a narrow es- | cane from cremation. Th ■ negro was taken from a train near Choudrant Station and hanged to a limb of a tree. There is a rumor current at the City ! of Mexico that there has been an engagement on, the. frontier of Guatemala and ■ Salvador between Salvadorian refugees and Salvadorian troops, and that the former were defeated. Nothing can be l. ai-ecii ui me ugat at the Salvadorian legation, where the report was not believed. Jerry O’Callahn, of Owensboro, j Ky , an old man reputed to own property worth 8250,000, located in Louisville, Cincinnati, Hopkinsville, Ky.. Montgom- ; ery, London an I Dublin, made a nominal assignment for the purp se of avoiding the payment of taxes He was assessed for S7OO on Government bonds and money deposited in banks. Great anxiety is felt at Birmingham, Ala , over the fate of a young couple who were married at the. State Fair grounds and went qua bridal tour in a balloon. The party in the basket consisted of Aeronaut Baldwin, H. S. Hutchinson, the young groom, and the bride, Miss Min lie Consson. The balloon was last seen high up in the air passing over New Castle, thirteen miles I north, going steadily to the remote ■ mountain regions of North Alabama, । and directly away from railroad and telegraph lines FOREIGN GOSSIP. It is reported that a plot has been discovered in Cork to assassinate William O’Brien, the McCarthyite candidate. The Fren h Senate has agreed to tho removal of the prohibition upon the importation of American pork and to fix the duty at 25 francs. A company of British grenadier guards on duty at Windsor Castle was recently

locked up for alleged mutinous conduct caused by poor and insufficient food. The Rev. Samuel Cotton, manager of ; an orphanage at Carnogh, Countv KB i dare, Ireland, was committed for tria? I for inhuman treatment of tho children i under his care. ummren । There has been a terrific earthquake ng ^he southern coast of Ninon J ’ t hG princ, P al island of Japan O?aka h ^d 8 Tt r ° v°K St severel y felt at (Isaka and at Kobe, where most Ik xrvs, fs:. ‘■e* l Hiogo is situated. Osaka and Hnnd? a i Ve S “ ,T ? rod considerable damage !ed Sut H° f h ° USeS havo bcen destrov- । still bl t L th ° oxtenfc of the fatalities is son i. " nkn ? wn and may remain so for -onu. time to come, owing to the destruc tion of th- telegraph lines. It is known however, that in addition to the loss referred to there has been considerable uamago done along the coast. GENERAL NOTES. The Srr-eme Court of Canada declared •• -constitutional tho net of the Mani£hSoU e *‘ 8 ‘“ t '" re abo,, “ l ‘ in B separate ; The British merchants in the Chilian ! trade are moving every influence at their command t > bring about British , interference in behalf of Chili in the । present misunderstanding between Chili and the United States. There is no likelihood, however, that Lord Salisbury will con;ent to have anything to ' do with the affair as long as British rights are respected. Great disappointment is expressed by (anadians in England that tho postal authorities have failed to make the necessary arrangements for a fast mail service between the Dominion and Great Britain. Canada offered $750,000 as a subsidy to assist in maintaining a fast mail service between the Dominion and this country, 1 ut even that fa"t has not । served to induce English capitalists to 1 assist in securing an Anglo-Canadian fast mail service. The 5-inch rapid-firing gun, tested at j the Indian Head naval ordnance proving ground, had a further test with a result ' superior to any yet attained in ordnance tria’s in the United States. The velocity attained was 2,380 feet per second, witli । but 13.4 tons pressure per square inch in the powder chamber. This velocity i gives the gun great range and a very ! flat trajectory, which, witli its rapidity of fire, will make it, in proportion to ! caliber, the most effective gun yet । built R. G. Di n & Co.’s weeKly review of trade says: I The Improvement fn business continues. ' | It Is greater than before at the West, con- ' siderable at the South, and is clearly per- > reived even at the East Yet disI couragement in some branches of j Industry Is not less but more apparent than i . before, evidently because calculations 1 | have been made upon a more I rapid and greater Increase In business than has been realized. Premature expansion in i | some forms of production and of trade has ■ invited the usual corrective, an i a depresI sion exists which is so general that it might i easily be misinterpreted. . At Ottawa, Ont , wholesale arrests in । connection with the government boodle j scandals are being made. Eight or t-n ry^ayrjints have been issued and detectives arf’ hunting iut .... j? Murphy, Robert 11. McGreevy and i Thomas McGreevy. The latter, who I was recently expelled from l arliament j for complicity in the boo Hing jobs, is i supposed to be at I’ort and. Mo. The I other offenders inc tide civil servants I who conspired witli local tradesmen to • ■ defraud the government by making out j fals • invoices for fietith us sales. Coni tractor Connolly, whose firm defrauded i the Public Works Department out of nearly 81.000,009, was arrested on a | charge of conspiracy. Conno yis a millionaire and laid the foundation of his i fortune in Pennsylvania oil land The Chilian Government has replied to Minister Egan s demand for an explanation of the recent attack upon American sailors The reply is couched in strong language and it is understood that it amounts to a refusal to accept responsibility for the affair. The Stall* Department at Washington has been notified. Minister Egan, Comi m&nder Schley, and Consul Mc( reery ! have consulted together and it is thought I that decisive action wili be taken soon. The State Department’s orders in refer- ! ence to the matter are strong. The Intendente of Va paraiso has refused to guarantee the safety of market boats [ coining to that city • arly in the morning i from the United States warship Baltimore or the safety of officers of that vessel coming ashore at night There is a piactieal boycott on the Baltimore. । No American sailors are allowed ashore. MARKET KEPOKTS. — CHI AGO. Cattle—Common to Prime $3.50 @ 6.50 Hog—Shipping Grades 4.00 (<} 4.5 J i Sheep-Fair to ( hoice 3.00 @ 5.25 i Wheat—No. 2Ked 1 Cohn No. 2 54 .56 I Oxis—No. 2 .3) l Rye—No. 2 00 .02 ■ Bvtter Choice Creamery 29 .31 «he : se—Full Cream, flats 11 @ .12 Et.os Fresh 21 @ .22 i I’vrAT £.a - Mew. jor bu 25 .35 INDIANAPOLIS. . Cattle—Shipping 325 nJ 5.75 Hogs—choice Light ?. 0 (ft 4.25 j Sheep —Common to Prime 3.00 @ 4.00 I Wheat-No. 2 Bed 93\,^ .94^ ; Corn-No. 1 White .54$ I Oats-No. 2 White 30 13, .31 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.50 (g 4 50 Hogs 3.50 @ 4.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 92 ® .93 Corn —No. 2 51 @ .52 Oats-No. 2 28 .29 Rye—No. 2. 84 .86 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.50 @ 4.75 Hog- 4.00 & 4.25 Sheep 3.0) 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 04 .95 Corn—No. 2 43 (di .51 i Oats—No. 2 Mixed .32$ DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00 Hogs 3.00 & 4.25 Sheep 3.03 ® 4.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 97$@ .98$ Corn—No. 2 Yellow 58 (<il .60 Oats—No. 2 White 33 @ .31 TOLEDO. Wheat—New P 6 @ .97 Corn—No. 2 Yellow £8 (gi .60 Oats—No. 2 White 30 .81 । Bib 93 @ .94 BUFFALO. i Beef Cattle 4.00 @ 575 Live Hogs 4.00 gj 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Ked 1.01 @ 1.02 Corn—No. 2. 64 ci, .16 MIL WAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 93 @ .92 Cohn—No. 3 A & .56 Oais—No. 2 White 32 .33 Bsk—No. J 91 & .92 Barley—No. 2 59 @ 61 Fork—Mess 10.75 @11.25 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 @ 5.50 H. os 4.00 @ 550 Sheep 3.50 @ 4.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.03 @1 05 Cohn—No. 2 70 @ .72 Oats—Mixed Western 35 @ .33 81-tteh—Creamery 23 @ .31 Fork—New Mess 10.75 @21.25

IS READY FOR THE FRAY. — DHILI INVITES WAR WITH OUR UNCLE SAM. Blunt Refusal to Make Amends-All Responsibility for the Butchery of Ameri. «ans at Valparaiso Denied—The State Department Notlfled-Declslve Action Kxpected Quickly. Dark Clouds Rising. bllian Government has replied to United States Minister Egan’s demand for reparation for the recent attack upon the United States steamship Baltimore s crew. It is a refusal to accept responsibility for the affair. Mlnister Egan has notified the State Deat >'\ ashlnßton ’ * nd decisive I !?. loo,{e d for very quickly. The authorities of Valparaiso have gone so tar aS to refuse to guarantee the safety of market boats coming to that city from the United States war-ship BaltK more, or the safety of officers of that vessel doming ashore at night. Minister Egan has notified our Government that the crew of the Baltimore are practi- । cally Boycotted, and no American sailors are permitted to land at that port. Much surprise is expressed at she very <“'■*» 1 Ine attack on the bluejackets or the cruiser Baltimore occurred in the streets of Valparaiso on Oct 16, and was, in , the opinion of the ofi cers of the Baltimore, due mainly to the feeling of hostility entertained by the mass of Chilians toward Americans. The police of the city, as the investigation of the affair j by Captain W. S. Schley and the officers of the, Baltimore showed, assisted the mob in its assault upon the sailors. The Chilians were armed with knives and pistols, and the blue jackets had no weapons. One Os the blue-jackets, Charles Riggin, a boatswain’s mate, was dragged from a street car by a mob and shbt to death. Five more men were dangerously wouuded with knives and bayonets. One has since died of his wounds. I That the police joined in the attack on the s®Jors was evident by the bayonet । vyounds many of the sailors received. ' 'Thirty-five sailors were arrested by ' t>e use of much unnecessary force: | d^aggad through the streets and lecked up. 'I he report of Captain Schley indicates that the assault on the blue-jackets was premeditated. By order of President Harrison a dij- ' patch was seut to Mr. Egen, the Am<*rl- ; i -'an Minister at Santiago, ordering him . to briug the matter to the attention of 1 I U. 8. CRUISER DETROIT. the Chilian Government and Inquire i whether there were any qualifying facts ! In tho possession of that Government, ; and whether it had any explanations to offer for its failure to inquire into the , matter and punish tho guilty persona. ' 1 he reply, as stated above, is a most defiant one. and may rail for speedy action u} me 1 mw-u u In view of the trouble that seems to be im r.inent b ecretary Tracy has reported to the President that the follow- I ing war vessels can be made ready and | equipped In ninety days: Tho Philadelphia, of 4,413 tons, is 315 feet long, 10,500-horse power, and can steam nineteen knots an hour. She carries four 8-inch and six6-inch breech' loading rill s. She also has torpedo tubes The Kearsargo is a wooden vessel of 1,550 tons. 822 horse power and can steaw'along nine knots a« hour. She ; carries two B^lnch 8-ton aad fo.ir 9-inch i 4-ton smooth boros and oue 60-poundec breech-loader. The cruiser Concord is of 1,700 tons burden, 230 feet long, 3,400 horse power, and <aa make sixteen knots an hour. | Her armament consists of six 6-inch ; breech-loadirig rifles and several rapidfire gt ns. The Chicago is 4,500 tons burden, 415 1 feet long, and has 5,000 horse power and can cover fifteen knots an hour. She carries four 8-in h, eight 6-inch and two 5-inch breech-loading rifles; also several rapid-fire guns. The Newark is of 4,083 tons displace- ' ment, 310 feet long. 8,500 horse power, and makes eighteen knots an hour. Twelve 6-inch guns of five tons each, and four s'x-pounders (rapid fire) constitute her equipment The Petrel is of 890 tons burden and only 175 feet long. She has 1,300-horse power, and can steam thirteen knots an hour. Her guns are four C-inch i breech-loading rifles and several rapidfire guns. The Baltimore, already at Valparaiso, Is of 4.413 tQns burden, 315 feet long, has an indicated horse power of 10,750 and can make nineteen knots in an ordinary sea. She carries four 8-inch ' 11%-ton breech-loading rifles, six 6inches and a number of smaller guns. Tho Yorktown is 1,700 tons, 230 feet long, 3.460 indicated horse power and I can make sixteen knots. She carries' six 6-incb breech-loaders and several smaller guns. The San Francisco is a sistar ship to the Philadelphia, and is similarly equipped. The Miantonomah is 3,815 tons displacement, 249 feet long, and has 7 inches of armor. Her turret is 11X Inches thick, and behind this is all an 8-inch backing. Her horse power is 1.6tt0, and she can steam 10.50 knots an hour. Her armament consists of four ! 10J$-inch 25-ton breech-loading rifles and several rapid-fire guns. 'lhe new steel cruiser Detroit has just been launched, and could also be made 1 ready for the fray. We consider ourselves as defective in memory, either because we remember less than we desire dr less than we suppose others to remember. —Johnson. Goon manners is the art of making chose people easy with whom we converse; whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred man in company.—Swift. Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskill- ■ ful, the most mischievous.—Pope. He fancies himself enlightened, beI cause he sees the deficiencies of others; : he is ignorant, because he has never re- | fleeted on his own.—Bulwer.

CURRENT COMMENT. Chili Sauce. Chili is a country we can lick, and we don’t take any insulting remarks from her.—Kansas City Journal. I nless prompt reparation is made Chill may discover her mistake only when it Is too late.—Boston Traveller. Chili is respectfully informed that the past me of stabbing defenseless Americans cannct proceed unrebuked.—Troy Times. ♦J f rT h «l i f hon,d get Into a brush with the Lnited States she will lose something n° re i her nitrat « beds.—South Bend Tribune. It is for the Chilians to decide as to the next step. Full apology and ample reparation will remove every difficulty. —New York Press. If the United States had a stronger navy the Insults to the ~flag by Chili would not ha.e been perpetrated.—St. -Louis Globe-Democrat. Every patriotic citizen, of whatever party school, will h artily susta n the administration in demanding reparation from Chili.—lndianapolis Sentinel. Chili may yet have to be chastised by the United States. This bumptious little country t 8 getting too big for ita , elotheii.- st. Louis Gkbo Democrat I Now that the wrong has been sunwrea, i all parties here will agree that the • Washington authorities shall firmly insist upon reparation and at any cost — 1 Montgomery Advertiser. The United States in is In duty bound to show the smallest or the greatest power in the Western Hemisphere that it will not submit to insult or be trifled with.—Minneapolis Journal. The Open Switch. The open switch has been killing altogether too many people on Illinois railroads lately.—Utica Herald. The open switch is filling the office of the deadly car sto . e during the latter’s vacation. —Topeka Capital A system of track patrolling by trained men to look after all such defects would j of course prevent all accident—Columj bus Journal. If ever lynch law is excusable it is | when applied to the man who deliberately wrecks a railroad train.—Philadelphia Inquirer. It is the opinion that that switch on ; the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy had j been tampered witK Then somebody is : four times a deliberate murderer.—New I York World. • The accident in Illinois makes it more ' than ever evident that no switch can be i considered safe until m ans are provided for giving passing trains reliable infor- : mation as to the condition of the switch. I —New Orleans Picayune. A switch should be so arranged that | It could open the main line only so long as it should be he'd by the person opening it, and the locks should be more secure than they are against meddling by persons other than those authorized to I work them—Cincinnati Gaze te. Indicted Beauregard. General Beaure.ar i says he has nothing to do with the La S. L.; nothing, i that is, except “superintend drawings.” ' The Gene’ral draws it pretty fine.— ! Wheeling Register. Genera। 4: ^. (ndictment and arrest for aiding and abett:ng’tn»«’»i^„.. tion of the laws against lotteries is logi leal and praiseworthy.—New Y'ork Com- | merciai Advertiser. General Beauregard still keeps up his lottery connection, and now a warrant is out cha ging him and other officials with violating the postal laws.—Brooklyn Times. General Beauregard can see “no impropriety, much less a trime, ” in the Louisiana lottery, because it is “a recognized institution of the State, upheld by . its laws and conducted by* the first citizens of New Orleans.” The General appears to regard State laws as superior, 1 not only to national ones, but to the ' moral law as well —Philadelphia In--1 quirer. Will Write a Book. Considering the part that Mrs. Tarj nell had in the division of the Irish 1 party, he^ proposal to write a book does not seem in the interests of harmony.— Detroit Free Press. It looks very much as if we were in for a hard winter. The weather prophets threaten us with a number of killing j blizzards, and besides this comes the announcement that Mrs. C. S. Parnell is going to publish a book giving her side of the celebrated O’Shea divorce case.— Cincinnati Enquirer. If the cable announcement be tree that Mrs. Parnell intends to write a memoir of her husband, the late “uni crowned king, ” and in it explain many things which are now distorted or misunderstood, the volume may prove to bo one of the important books of the dying century.—New Y'ork Recorder. Starving Russia. Recent rains in Southern Russia make the prospects there good for crops next ; year. But how to live until then is the I ainf il question with the people of that vast section —Detroit Tribune. I Poor Russia’. If she can su vive her present woes without a revolt that wm overthrow her despotic throne, who shall say that there fs a limit to human endurance? —Kansas City Times. With 20,000,009 Russians beginning a I course of starvation, the French loan of 51G0.000,0 0 might be turned to better account in buying food from us than rifles from tho lender. —Nww Y’ork Ad- ! vertiser. Women ir the Pulpit. ! I YVomen win men to pretty much everyj thing else YVhy shouldn't they win ; them to faith and goodne s.—Now Y’ork ' YVorld. Tiie Methodist Council seems, on tho i whole, to look favorably on the plan of al owing women to preach. But if the ladies get into the pulpit what will be about the average length of the Sunday ! sermon? —Louisville Commercial. Now that all the preachers are men, the proportion of women in their congregations is overwhelming. If the women take the pulpit will the men take the pew? It would be a goodly sight to see all our young men attending church on a Sunday.—Louisville Post The Methodist Con cil at Washington is out of date in looking to St. Paul to afford data for settling the right of women to equal church privileges, Including the pulpit Paui may have been right in his time, but the women of today are not the kind he knew and disi liked. —St. Paul Globe.